The Mother of Tears

An ancient urn is found in a cemetery outside Rome. Once opened, it triggers a series of violent incidents: robberies, rapes and murders increase dramatically, while several mysterious, evil-looking young women coming from all over the world are gathering in the city. All these events are caused by the return of Mater Lacrimarum, the last of three powerful witches who have been spreading terror and death for centuries. Alone against an army of psychos and demons, Sarah Mandy, an art student who seems to have supernatural abilities of her own, is the only person left to prevent the Mother of Tears from destroying Rome.

Director

Dario Argento

Written by

Adam Gierasch, Dario Argento, Jace Anderson, Simona Simonetti

Produced by

Claudio Argento, Dario Argento, Giulia Marletta

Composer

Claudio Simonetti

Cinematographer

Frederic Fasano

Editor

Walter Fasano

Makeup FX

Carlo Diamantini

Studios

Myriad Pictures, Opera Film Produzione, Medusa Film

Origin country

Italy

Production countries

Italy, United States

Runtime

1h 42m

Language

it

Rating

R

Also known as

Mother of Tears: The Third Mother

TMDB

4.5/10 (458 votes)

Rotten Tomatoes

47% Rotten

Metacritic

52/100

IMDb

5.0/10 (11,406 votes)